Literary usage of Matriarch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1.The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)"Dr. Southey has classed this Injured matriarch [Job's wife] in a triad with ...
Of or pertaining to a matriarch or to matriarchy; relating to the superior ..."

2.A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)"matriarch, the mother and ruler of a family ; wife of я patriarch. In 1873 the
New York Times uses the word "matriarch, if we may be allowed to coin a ..."

3.Lady of La Mancha by Lawrence Murray, Alessandra LaRocca (2002)"This and more, having been told, the matriarch of the assembly asked simply ...
The matriarch seemed but little pleased, for the pair on whom their future ..."

4.Gaia Matrix: Arkhom & the Geometries of Destiny in the North American Landscape by Peter William Champoux, William Stuart Buehler (1999)"An agriculturalist, educator, matriarch, spiritualist, craftsperson, communitarian,
and freedom fighter, Sojourner Truth imbued the Gaia Matrix with values ..."

5.Monarchies: What are King and Queens For? by Tom Bentley, James Wilsdon (2002)"Furthermore, the presiding influence in the family is a dead matriarch who exerts a
... However, if there is one real matriarch in EastEnders it is probably ..."